Again, you have some strong points and we'll have to wait and see. It has been, as you've said, a really wierd election cycle (Hillary from everything to nothing, McCain from a "sure loser" to his party's nominee...).
And I definitely agree that Palin is invigorating the Republican base. I guess it really comes down to, as usual, how many Democrats get out and vote. I'm always frustrated with my party's inability to actually vote for what it believes in (as far as I'm concerned, in a republic where you can vote you have no write to complain if you don't participate) but I'm hopeful that Obama appealing to both black voters and young people (like me, admittedly) will make demographics that are typically low in participation more likely to vote come November.
But we'll just have to wait and see. I know what you mean by "dicey."
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Date: 2008-09-07 07:34 am (UTC)And I definitely agree that Palin is invigorating the Republican base. I guess it really comes down to, as usual, how many Democrats get out and vote. I'm always frustrated with my party's inability to actually vote for what it believes in (as far as I'm concerned, in a republic where you can vote you have no write to complain if you don't participate) but I'm hopeful that Obama appealing to both black voters and young people (like me, admittedly) will make demographics that are typically low in participation more likely to vote come November.
But we'll just have to wait and see. I know what you mean by "dicey."